Case for cigarettes and the like.



1 F. mumxwA-Y;y CASE FOR CIGARETTEVS ANDTHE LIKE.

- APPLICATIN-YFILED IUIIZI, 19H1.

Patented Sept. 17,1918.

INI MTVIIIUTWIl-lwmml Hummel TA-nis PATENT orrior. y liHQMsrt-.HSIWA f-vornLfN, ILLINo i A Y' Goqtlpmvfynrisfiiv',ILLINoIs,l e conrom'rIoN or ILLINOIS.

' ensnxron CIGARETTES AnnrH-nnixn l i,

l igrileamers Patent latentedlsept. 17,' 1918.

Totali/whom imag/doneer' 'fg theo enin movement of. its 'covers BGtkHOWn thaw- T 'TIIMga erebylinliitedo about'lSO". l 55 AWAY; a citizen of the'l-/n'it'ed States, resid- .ing at Elgin, inthe 'county of Kane and State of Illinoi s, havev invented certain new anduseful Improvements in 'Casesjor Cigay reti-tes. and the like, of which the following Mounted within the case is. a swin gv` holder consisting of two sections '11 anul2 formed with joints 13 and 14 respectively,` which are alined with the cover joints 9 and 10' so'that the pintle 8-l maypass through them all, thus forming a common and coaxial 'hinged connection between. the two covers of the case andthe two sections of 'is a specification. l

l ',Theipr'esent inventionhas to do with cases 10" of the kindwliich inakeuse of la holder is, AssIGNoR, 4'roiLLiivoIs` WATC CASE 'I mounted between thecovers of the-case,`

andis' more especially concerned with. a cer- Y. tainnovelimprovementand arrangement of the holder. Each section is appropriately fluted or vOtherwise shaped to accommodate Y convenientl its intendedcontents,theholder parts by whicha' number-fofarticles lare illustrated `eing designed for the reception 15v ir'inlyheld within `theliolder, whichin turn of cigarettes. l' is ,'jaintained in Va central positionv between Oll jOiI'lt 14 0f the holder SeCtOll 12 S fthecovers'of the case. specially constructed byhaving itsV por- In'y carrying-out this invention .I havetion. encircling vthe pintle 8 partially cut away as vat 15'to provide a stop or abutment aimed' tosi'inplify asmuch as'possible the 16, -wliich'coiiperates witha stopor abut-- ment 17 .similarly formed on lthe. adjacent -20 construction 'of-k the case, to eliminate all unnecessary parts, and toattain the desired re.- "sultjsby means whichare part positively and jolnt 10 which is connected with the. cover 7, being the cover. adjacent to 'theholder section 12. These two joints'may be termed part spring actuated.. With these and other u fgd's in view, as w'i'llfmore lfu'lly hereinafter interlocking, vsince the stops lockwth-'each other when the holder' vsection 12 has swung ppear, an .understanding of my invention through afpredeterniined distanceyvayfrom may be gained by'reference to the accom# V-p'anying drawing, wherein is shown a pref its Aproximate cover toward the oppositel [ferredfenibodiment thereof, andinwhichz-f- 'Figuji'e'gliis-ailongitudinal section'throngh. or remote cover 6, p 3Q- one ofthe covers of the Caseas it. appears In the construction illustrated, it will be "ifi-When opened, Vthe 'holder' being shown in noted thai-, this interlock aiiectsonly. the 85 'eleytiom l holdersection 12 and the'coverf'? radjacent Fig, 2' is{ an enlarged 4fra,gg'inentary/'plan tliereto,and, furthermore, i s operativeonly 1"viewfof'thehinged' edges of the covers, the, when 'the holder .sectron approaches a posi ssfiwo Seetinsefthe hoider-beingspreadapm non s ulfgsta n tlallyI pfpndmular tthereto.

l'forFpmposesof illustration; Now similar interlocking stops .are3provided 90 on the other'4 holder section 11 and .the

cover 6 adjacent thereto,the numerals`15?, N 16, and 17a designating the parts thereofwhich correspond respectively to vthe parts 1'5, 16, and l7-alreadydescrib'ed. The eii'ect -95 ofthesetwo sets of interlockingstops Vis to positively prevent ythe two holder. sections from swinging past the-center positionbetween the ,covers when the lcase is fully 'Eig'. 3 isa'detail- 'n perspectiveJJ of the ini ter-locking connection between a joint of j 'onc cover anda joint of one'holder' section; M I ni-H11'. .v I y I si. i `Figs. 4 and 5 are details incross section. y A. "jiakn respectively onv lines and 5 5 ofI *`i,g,2.`v iv As is usual with cases of the general kind 46 to which; this invention'grelates,'use is made ff Voli-two dishedy covers 6 and 7 hinged together l by-m'eans of a pintle 8 which extends through a `number `of joints 9 and 10 formed ralong i the edges of the covers 6 and 7 respectively.

50 If desired, the backs of the two covers adjcent'to their hinged connectionA may be .formed toabut when the case 1s opened to thede ired'extent, the device illustrated in the drawings being 'so constructed and hav-4 opened. This centralizing action of these interlocking joints is not completely ei'ec tive, however, except when the covers are opened to their limit, as in all other angular- Ypositions of the covers the engaging stops or abutments of each interlock remain apart suficiently to allow a certain amount of idle swinging movement of each holder section between the two covers, the extent of such swinging movement. of course. varying ac together.

- ends 2L' and eordinar to the positions of the coversr 'relative to each other. When. however-` tl'ie case is fully opened. tlievc'oi'er joints interlock with those ofthe holt'ler r`.sections 'so' as to brine' the two sections of the h oldertog'ether `in a position centrally oi'tlie'i case. and thisv laction has the ett'ert of limiting-the swingiog ot the covers as well. This ineai'is of determiniinr the extent. to which kthe covers nia-.v open ispret'erably ancillarjv to that ir'ir'ovided in the cover backs. which I have already stated are preferably soconstriicted asin-abut when the desired degree of openin;r haswbeen reached: but it should be. un-

derstood that either ineans.or ,both acting' may be employed fortliis purs` rose. 4 n ,'l'be ease thus tar described comprises 'two rovers and iwoliolder sections all cio-axially pivoied and equipped with means to cen- ,traliz'e the holder sections when Athe covers are fullli' opened. l, make use of other means. however. for .normally causing' the..

covers to, openand for maintaining the two holder sections togetheriunder tension'so as 'to exert a grrippingetlect iipon the articles contained therein. regardless oi the angular position oi the holder between the covers. For this purposel two springs are used. each `coiled around the pintle S. (lue of lthese springs. designattal vals lJ.. has its ends 20` and 2l hearing down upon the covers t5 and lt will be ol'iserved that t-lie purposes of f opening the covers. centraliznig the lit-ildeif.

and pressing the holder sections together, are accomplished b v three separate means,

namely, the ends of the spring 19, tlie op# positely acting interlocking joints, and the,

v ends oi the. spring 2l..respectively. The arrangement is such, however, that all three; act sinuiltaneously and with certainty tok snbserve. their intended functions. The action of the spring 2l tends to maintaiiigtlie vholder` sections in closedv relation, to consti# tute, in' eifect, aiinitary holder. yand this spring action complements that ofthe inter l locking joints in maintaining the holder, as a unit, in centralized "position, since any deoi the other spring?r 24 are ftuined up so as to engage respectively the 'BEST avenants corr tlection of either of ythe holder sectionsfrom'` .its central position is resisted on the one side by the action of the stops ,composing the interlocking joints, and on the -otheriside 'by the complementary action ofthe spring.

The spring thus. serves to unite tlieholder Vsections so that their movement in either direction will be equally resisted. .A I-clainiz" f 1, In` a case-of the kind described, the i l combinationof two covers and two holder sections therebetween all pivotally connected to swing;` about a common axis. coperating means on each cover and the adjacent holder section'for limiting the swing of each holder section. away from` its adJacent cover to a rpoint substantially centrally of the covers when the caseis opened to a predetermined and other tension means for maintaining 15. point. tension 'means for opening-the covers,

the holder sections together in unitary xela-l 'y tion. substantially as described.

2.,*In a `case, of the kind described, the combination of two covers, each formed with joiiitsyandr having a pintlefextending therethrough to' form a hinge connection. be-

tween. the covers.' two holder-sectionsv be# tween the covers, each formed with yjoints alined with those on the covers, wherelgy` ytbe'pnitle provides a common hinge connec'-, tion. atoi'sional spring coiled around thel pintle lind having its ends bearing upon lthe covers to open them. .a second torsional spring coiled around the Jintleand having its ends bearing againsttlie holder sections to maintain them together inunitary relation, and means formedy on each covercooperating with other means formed on the holder sections for centralizing the holder when tliecase is opened,lsubstantially -as described. v n '3. `In ,a case of the kind described, the

combinationo'f two covers and two holder sections 'therebetween -all formed with -jioints and having a pintle extending therethrough to forni a coiliinon hinge connection, one.v

joint onV each coveia being adapted Vtio cooperate witlione Joint on the holder secthat said 'sectionmay swing away fromrits adjacent cover, tension means for normally `liolding the holder sectionv together in uni-l tary relation, and other tension means acting solely -to open the covers. substantially as described.

THOMAS F. HATHAWAY.

v101s i tion adjacent thereto vto limit tlievdistance 

